Living conditions in the EU: Main countries where it is not advisable to live, because it is worse than in Romania



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The statistics show, as a percentage, domestic problems in all Member States, ie leaks through roofs or walls, dampness, window sills, damaged walls or floors.

According to her, only 10.1% of households in Romania have these types of problems, compared with 30.2% in Cyprus, 22.5% in Hungary, 26.9% in Portugal, 17, 6% in Great Britain, our country. ranking sixth out of 28, at 10.1%, compared to the EU average of 13.9%.

On the other hand, Finland has the lowest housing problems, with only 4.6% of households with infiltration or humidity, Slovakia with only 5.1% of households, Malta with 7.1% and the Czech Republic with 7, 7% of households with problems.

7.3% of Europeans cannot afford to live the temperature

The National Institute of Statistics has also compiled a list of statements in terms of expenses that the household cannot afford, including spending on maintaining a suitable temperature in the home, paying for a week’s vacation, but also the “luxury” of eating meat. or fish every other day.

Thus, the countries with the highest percentage of households that cannot afford to maintain an adequate temperature in their homes are Bulgaria (33.7% of households), Greece (22.7% of households), Lithuania (27.9% ). , Cyprus (21.9%), Portugal (19.4%) and Italy (14.1%) are the worst.

On the other hand, the states that do not have such problems are Austria, with only 1.6% of households that cannot afford to spend on maintaining the temperature, Finland (1.7%) and the Netherlands (2.2%). At this top, Romania is ranked 24th out of 28, with 9.6% of households unable to afford the costs of maintaining the temperature. The European average of households that cannot afford to maintain the temperature in their home is 7.3%.

59% of Romanians cannot afford even a week of vacation

In last place among the 28 member states when it comes to paying for a week’s vacation is Romania, with 58.9%, compared to the EU average of 28.9%. The next place is occupied by Croatia (51.3%), Greece and Cyprus, with the same percentage: 51%, Italy (44.4%) and Hungary (43%).

On the other hand, Sweden (9.7%), Luxembourg (10.6%) and Austria (12.4%) are the best.

Bulgarians and Romanians cannot afford to buy meat

The darkest statistics on expenditures that households cannot afford refer to the consumption of at least one meat or fish dish once every 2 days, where Romania occupies the penultimate position in the ranking, with 16.3% of the households, after Bulgaria with 31.4% of families.

In comparison, the average of the EU Member States is only 7%.

More than 10% of households that cannot pay these expenses are in Slovakia (15.1%), Lithuania (14.5%), Hungary (12.3%), Latvia (11.8%), Greece ( 11.6%), Italy (11.1%), Croatia (10.1%).

These problems are rare in Sweden and Denmark (1.5%), Ireland (1.6%), Cyprus (2%), the Netherlands (2.1%), Luxembourg (2.2%), Portugal (2 , 4%).


95.4% of homes in Romania are personal property

Housing is a very important element in the definition of the standard of living of a home, both in terms of technical-constructive and functional characteristics, as well as in terms of maintenance costs.

In 2019, the majority of households in Romania (95.4%) were personal property.

The proportion of rented homes is 2.4 percentage points higher in urban areas than in rural areas.

More than half of the households (60.8%) live in separate individual dwellings, the proportion is strongly influenced by the rural environment, the rest of the households are in multiple dwelling buildings (37.8%).

The buildings in which the homes of the households are located are almost entirely of the single-family individual type in the case of rural areas (97.7%) and mainly apartments in multi-dwelling buildings (69.6%) in the rural area. case of the urban environment.

From the distribution of households by the number of rooms in the main dwelling, it is found that more than half live in dwellings with 3-5 rooms (54.7%). Households living in houses with 1 to 2 bedrooms also have a significant proportion (42.8%).

If in the urban area a little more than half of the households (57.0%) occupy small dwellings, with 1-2 rooms, in the rural area more than seven out of every ten households occupy dwellings with 3 or more rooms.

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